19MRI and MRA services — eligible provider

19 MRI and MRA services — eligible provider

(1) For rule 18, an eligible provider is a specialist in diagnostic radiology who satisfies the Commission that:

(a) he or she is a participant in the Royal Australasian College of Radiologists’ Quality and Accreditation Program; and

(b) the equipment he or she proposes to use for providing services of the kind mentioned in group I5 in the diagnostic imaging services table (the proposed equipment) is eligible equipment for rule 20.

(2) The specialist must give the Commission a statutory declaration:

(a) stating the matters mentioned in paragraphs (1) (a) and (b); and

(b) specifying the location of the proposed equipment; and

(c) specifying the kinds of diagnostic imaging procedures offered at that location; and

(d) if the proposed equipment has been installed at that location — stating the date that it was installed (the installation date); and

(e) if the installation date was 12 May 1998 — stating the time at which the equipment was installed.

(3) If the equipment had not been installed before 7.30 pm on 12 May 1998, Eastern Standard Time, the specialist must give the Commission, with the statutory declaration, a copy of the contract for the purchase or lease of the equipment.

(4) The Commission may request a specialist to:

(a) give the Commission documents to support statements made in the statutory declaration; and

(b) answer questions put to the specialist by the Commission about those statements.

Note The documents may include the contract for purchase or lease of the proposed equipment, if not already given to the Commission under subrule (3).